Wellsboro

American observers have been more successful and may now claim the palm which their German brethren failed to secure.

In the spring of 1857, Mr. Lewis Shrimplin of Wellsboro, Virginia, enabled himself to obtain a distinct view of the pursuit of the queen by the drones by catching one as she issued from her hive and attaching a fine silk thread to one of her thighs.

When again permitted to fly, she began to rise in the air, and he saw the drones collect in large numbers and follow in pursuit.

This precisely confirmed the statement made by Mr. Hanneman and furnished the additional fact that the queen on her return was found to bear the evidence of fecundation.

The campfire question came to a crisis, however, with two or three of these old settlers, and as the story well illustrates my point, I will venture to tell it.

It was in the dark days before Christmas that a party of four started from W. bound for a camp on Second Fork in the deepest part of the wilderness that lies between Wellsboro and the Blockhouse.

The party consisted of Sil J, Old Al, Eli J, and the writer.

The first two were gray-haired men.

The story has been handed down among the Pawnees for generations, but what is its origin no man can say.

Our neighbors, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, August 28th, 1877.

Hughesville and vicinity has been in a state of excitement for the past few days on account of a rumor that a wild man has been seen in the woods near that place.

The report was not fully credited until a few days ago when the strange object was seen by Honorable George Steck and others in a cornfield owned by Mr. Steck.

Base hit.

Wellsboro is coming home.

And the ball is kicked by Nosik.

So the run is over.